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I hope you had a great 2017 and are excited for the year to come. Rather than focusing on the year to come let's take a moment and look back on what you did this past year and build on it for the future.

In this episode I talk with Blake Fly about this year's evolutions, building community and his personal board of advisors.

In this episode I also announce that this is the last episode of the Focus on the Good podcast for the foreseeable future. The announcement is in the first 10 minutes of the podcast, listen for the details.

Thank you for listening and all of the support over the last 2 years of this show!

Adam Friday Woods (Woody) is a professional speaker and author of the brand new children's book, Conquer Your Dragons.

Conquer Your Dragons is not only a fun, entertaining, rhyming, adventure story with incredible pictures and great vocabulary, but also a fantastic fable with many underlying principles to teach our children (and perhaps even adults) to recognize that the dragons they face do not have to control them. It gives them hope that they can conquer any obstacle that gets in their way. And it makes a great opportunity for parents to have an open discussion about the challenges their kids have.

In this interview we talk about the book, some of Woody's dragons and how you can conquer your Dragons!

"It’s not about being the best in the world…Its about being the best FOR the world"

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Clint is from Heber City, Utah. A graduate of Utah’s premier flight program receiving his pilot’s license from OK3air and Utah Valley University (UVU) graduating with a Bachelors Degree in Speech Communication and high distinction from UVU’s nationally ranked leadership program. Clint was very active in college as a Presidential Leader, Orientation Director, UVU Ambassador, and former UVU Student Body Vice-President.

He has been a Professional Drummer for over 20 years playing for various professional groups and large venues. For 6 years he directed the UVU Drumline he founded in 2010 known as the Green Man Group as well as the Drumline for the Utah Jazz. In 2012 Clint was voted in as one of Utah’s most fabulous people and was also recently awarded UVU’s distinguished Young Alumni Award. He has appeared on Americas Got Talent and in several different Motion Picture Films, with actors like Jack Black (school of Rock) and John Heeder (Napoleon Dynamite).

His professional business and sales background includes 5 years as a top producing sales representative and distribution manager in the medical device, capital equipment, disposables, and pharmacogenetic industries. He has been a Self-motivated entrepreneur who is well versed in business start-up, sales management, training, negotiations and growing multi-million dollar accounts. Clint understands first hand that relationships are based on trust, service, precise execution, support and consistent follow-through. He excels in uncovering customer needs, developing and providing solutions, handling objections, motivating, and closing business.

Clint believes that a single moment in time can change a person’s life, he has traveled the globe speaking to youth and adult audiences alike, challenging them to simply believe—both in themselves and in the power of others. Clint has dedicated his heart to living a life of significance not just a life of success. “It’s not about being the best in the world…Its about being the best FOR the world”.

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Josh Shipp is an author, global youth empowerment expert, and acclaimed speaker. He is a former at-risk foster kid turned youth advocate, He is the author of thethe national bestseller “The Teen’s Guide to World Domination“, and his brand new book "The Grown‑Up's Guide to Teenage Humans."

His work has appeared on CNN, good morning america, lifetime, the New York times, 20/20 and Oprah.

If you work with teens, have a teen or have ever seen a teen you are going to want to listen to this episode.

On a personal note, Josh has been a mentor of mine for the last 6 years and it is an honor to have him on the Focus on the Good Podcast.

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Steve has performed as a stand-up comedian and professional emcee for hundreds of thousands all across the US and Canada. Winner of a Funny or Die competition he won the honor to open at the Oddball comedy festival where had the privilege to open for Louis CK, Aziz Ansari, Sara Silverman, as well as some of his personal favorites Ryan Hamilton and Dimitri Martin! He is from Seattle and lives in Salt Lake City, loves dogs and might be part dog as he is also easily distracted by squirrels.

Steve also recently released a comedy special on Vidangel called “We Say Bim”

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The other night I was holding Jacob and as he slept in my arms I started thinking about his potential in life. At this point in his life his potential is limitless. He can do ANYTHING. his whole life is ahead of him. At the same time I started thinking that everyone was once a little infant in someone's arms. Just like our little boy, you have unlimited potential too.

Maybe you are not where you want to be or maybe you haven't accomplished the things you think you should have by now, but that doesn't mean that you can't do those things moving forward.

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The Focus On The Good podcast is your weekly dose of positivity! There is so much good in the world if we choose to focus on it. I believe that what's wrong is always available but so is what's right. Whatever we focus on we find more of. I choose to focus on the good and I hope you will too!